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How Alex Lifeson’s broken finger once stopped the band at a crucial moment in their rise
With Lee sidelined by laryngitis and bronchitis, it’s a reminder of 1979’s ‘Hemispheres’ tour, when Lifeson’s fretting hand took a hit just as Rush were becoming one of rock’s hottest live acts
Freddie Mercury didn’t want a guitar solo. Brian May fought for it — and created one of Queen’s most celebrated moments on record
May says creative friction was part of the process that made the group so successful
Sean Lennon says his dad deserves more credit for shaping heavy music
The son of John Lennon traces his love of dark, dissonant music to Fantasia and the Beatles' “I Want You (She's So Heavy),” which he calls one of rock's most groundbreaking riffs
Paul McCartney on John Lennon’s accidental acid trip during a nighttime recording session
McCartney says the band was happy to see if Lennon’s altered state created studio magic. On this night, it nearly ended in catastrophe
Win tickets to see blues-rock prodigy Taj Farrant perform at Guitar Player Present in Northern California
The 17-year-old Australian sensation appears at the Hopmonk Tavern in Novato on Friday, July 10
Joe Satriani says Sammy Hagar has him beat in one aspect of guitar playing
As the Best of All Worlds band heads to Europe for July dates, Satriani says Hagar's greatest strength as a guitarist comes from thinking more like a lead singer than a shredder.
Paul Gilbert reveals the bizarre effect hearing loss has on his live shows
The former Mr. Big guitarist says tinnitus can make entire performances sound painfully out of tune — even when audience recordings prove everything was pitch-perfect. But the condition also led him to become a more melodic player
Robin Trower on the stroke of luck behind one of the 1970s’ celebrated live albums
Trower says the band only discovered the tape a copy was sent to them. One quick vocal overdub later, they had ‘Robin Trower Live!’ — now expanded for its 50th anniversary
